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The Our Ukraine party intends to appeal against the Donetsk District Administrative Court's decision to cancel the presidential decree that conferred the Hero of Ukraine award on Stepan Bandera, who was the leader of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) during the period of 1930-1950.
The press service of the Our Ukraine party announced this in a statement.
"The Donetsk District Administrative Court made a political decision that has little to do with the law. It will be appealed accordingly," said Iryna Vannikova, the spokeswoman for the Our Ukraine party's leader Viktor Yuschenko.
According to Vannikova, the arguments of the plaintiff and the court's decision seemed far-fetched and built on political instructions.
"The hurried 'cancellation' of this decree through a district administrative court demonstrates only an attempt by irresponsible politicians to speculate on the issue of Ukrainian history, but it will not result in Stepan Bandera being stripped of the Hero of Ukraine award," Vannikova said.
Vannikova also expressed regret that such a decision was made on the eve of Easter and described it as a political and, consequently, unjust decision.
As Ukrainian News earlier reported, the Donetsk District Administrative Court ruled on April 2 that the presidential decree that conferred the Hero of Ukraine award on Bandera was unlawful and should be canceled.
Yuschenko conferred the Hero of Ukraine award on Bandera on January 22, when he was still the president of Ukraine.
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OUR UKRAINE TO APPEAL AGAINST COURT DECISION TO CANCEL BANDERA'S HERO OF UKRAINE AWARD 
